Sunday

Ah, the sweetness of doing nothing.  I definitely did that today, and it was quite enjoyable.  Usually at the end of the day I kinda feel that regret and annoyance of not getting stuff done on my "to do" list.  Today was the complete opposite.  I was more than happy to sleep in till noon, have a delicious breakfast and then proceed to watch all three Twilight movies.  Then I worked out.  Everyone should try doing nothing sometimes.  Feels good.  Now I'm going to sit down and watch Iron Chef America: The Next Iron Chef on t.v then probably go to sleep.  Such a great day. 

from Florida with love,
Jilly

Good people

Thank you to the girl who gave me her seat on the bus.  She wasn't in a costume and told me she was just visiting the park as a guest and let me sit down in her place soo that was nice of her.  Anyways, today was a good day.  I went to the hair salon and got some groceries.  Then I just hung out at the house and watched t.v.  Tomorrow I'm hoping to go and do a little shopping because our discounts started last week.  We passed our housing inspections and got some free cookies out of it so that's always a good thing.  That's all for now folks, have a good night.

from Florida with love,
Jill

Graduation

Yesterday about 60 cast members went to the Contemperary Resort and celebrated the graduation of the international cultural program.  We walked into the ballroom and got our graduation "ears" and had a nice breakfast with Minni and Mickey.  It was a chance to catch up with the group we arrived with and swap stories about work, plans after the program and share a few good laughs.  Afterwards we headed to the magic kingdom to take some pictures in front of the castle as well as hit up space mountain.  Then it was time to head to Epcot for work.  Then Devon, Bruce and I closed the attraction last night.  We were the closing group for about 4 months before we started moving up the ranks in senority.  Probably the last time we will all get to close together.  I know I've been saying this for about two months now, but it really is settling in that I only have a short amount of time left. I know the rest of my time here will be filled with fun because that's how the past 10 months have gone, so I don't plan on stopping that now.  I woke up to rain this morning so I'm thinking that the guest count today in the park will be a little bit lower.  It's kinda nice to have those days because everyone loves to come to Canada because we have a nice warm little cave they can sit in and stay dry so we get a really good guest count coming into the attraction haha! Well, it's time for breakfast and coffee.  Have a great day everyone!

from Florida with love,
Jilly

Mini Golf

If you were wondering if I'm still terrible at mini golf, the answer is yes.  Don't get me wrong I had a couple good holes, but for the most part I spent more time looking for my ball in the bushes then I did on the green. Even though I didn't win, we still had fun.  There was 5 of us who went last night to the Fantasia Mini Golf by the Boardwalk.  Afterwards we walked to Beaches and Cream, grabbed ourselves some ice cream and then headed home.  Later on that night we had our throw out in the church parking.  Not a lot showed up but we had to move the event because we have extra magic hours tonight.  All in all it was a good evening.  Today is my first day back after my mini holiday.  Should be a good day.  Anyways, I'm off to get ready for a magical day at work!

from Florida with love,
Jilly

Sittin on the balcony drinking ice tea ...

What a lovely day!  Just sitting here on my balcony in a t-shirt and shorts drinking ice tea while writing.  What a life!!  I would keep going with this but I feel like if I did nobody would read this anymore.  Sooo I'll just keep going with what I've been up to these past few days.  As you all know I've been off these past 6 days and it's been great.  Got to sleep in lots, shop and finally get the moutain of laundry done.  Feels good to cross off everything on your to do list.  Last night we did a scavenger hunt in my apartment complex.  It was a lot of fun.  I'm pretty sure the people we woke up by knocking on their apartment doors and asking for random objects like cucumbers and phone numbers weren't to impressed by it.  In the end we didn't win but we now have 23 photos documenting our trek across the commons.  Tonight is a throw out and one of my good friends from merchandise is leaving.  My throw out is slowly creeping up.  Yesterday I booked my one way ticket back to Saskatchewan.  It took me about 5 minutes before I could actually press the purchase button, but I managed to do it.  Now the next step is to figure out how I am going to pack my life up at the end.  I will definitely need to buy another suite case.  Well, I just spilt ice tea all over my shirt so I guess that's a sign that I should go and get ready for mini golfing and supper. 

from Florida with love,
Jilly

November 30.

This weekend I am just relaxing for once and trying to catch up on my laundry, groceries and cleaning.  We have yet another house inspection next week so gotta make sure everything is in tip top shape.  It was a cool 15 degrees out last night, I had to actually wear my costume coat at work.  I even went as far as to having tea in my water bottle so I wouldn't be freezing.  Work went by fast last night.  It was extra magic hours so we were open till 12.  I was super tired when I got home but like I said, I have the next few days off so I can sleep then.


Next week I graduate from the program.  When I look back on all I have done and accomplished, it feels good knowing that I stuck it out even when times were tough.  I wouldn't have traded this experience for anything.  The time is slowly winding down here and I'm definitely looking forward to seeing my friends and family when I get back!  My last official day working for the Mouse is on November 30.  So for now I am just trying to squeeze in the last bit of fun before I say "see you later" to Florida. 

Anyways, I must get back to work!  Hope yall are doing well and see you in a month or so!!

from Florida with love,
Jilly

Test Test ... is this thing on?

Yes I'm still alive.  My post have been fewer and fewer as the year rolls on.  I apologize.  Things here in Florida sure have been changing.  One of my closest friend from the program left today.  It was quite sad.  I'm going to miss her a lot.  It's definitely going to be weird not seeing her everyday.  One of the good things about being here is the amount of friends I have made from across Canada.  I can now go across the great white North and have friends in every province.  Some much needed visiting will have to happen when I get back.  Things in the attraction have been about the same.  Food and Wine festival started last week so Epcot is becoming slightly busier.  Although the amount of traffic coming through Canada is still the same.  Who knows, tomorrow there could be a huge demand for Martin Short and the great landscape of Canada.  I won't know because I'll be in Arizona!  Yes folks, another trip.  Quite excited about this one.  We have a lot of things planned and it's going to be a grand ol' time.  Well that's all I have to say for now.  Maybe when I come back I can get back into the swing of things.  If not ... I guess my random posting will just have to do for now. 

from Florida with love,
Jilly